School desk



Oct- 12 ,1926. 1,602,732

I E. D. WELDQN SCHOOL DESK Filed August so. 1924 Fig.3

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EVERETT D. WELDON, OF HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK.

SCHOOL DESK.

Application filed August'30, 1924. Serial No. 735,110.

My invention relates to improvements in school desks.

It is highly important that desks and furniture used by growing children be ad 5 justable to the end that a natural posture be at all times maintained by the child. Neglect of this requirement in serious and permanent sis, curvature frequently results deformity, scleroof the spine and other'abnormal conditions.

The ob ect of my invention is to provide a school desk which will induce natural and correct posture and which may be easily and conveniently adjusted to the requirements of the child, both as to vertical-elevation and plus and minus ward and from the user, the bed of the desk or horizontal position to the inclination of and other conveniences as will be more clearly set forth in the following specification.

I accomplish illustrated in in Wlf110l1-- Figure 1 is these objects by the device the accompanying drawings,

a view of my improved desk with the supports broken away,

Figure 2 is Figure 3 is desk and the a. perspective view of the desk, a view of the underside of the slides,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal cross section of the bed and desk, and

Figure 5 is a lateral section of the same.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views. desk is preferably carried which are provided with teeth 2, 3 adapted to frictionally engage the plates 6 and the brackets l, 5 on which the desk is carried.

These plates 6 are provided with tightening bolts 7 adapted to secure the brackets at the desired elevation.

On the horizontal leaves 4 5 of the brackets d and 5 I provide a bed 9 carry ing a plurality of slotted runners 12, 13, 14.

In the underside of the desk body 8 I provide a plurality of pins or lugs 15, 16, 17

adapted to engage the slots 12*, 13

1& respectively in the runners 12, 13, 1 1

whereby the desk body 8 may be slidably adjusted toward and from a person seated at the desk.

I also prefer to provide angles 10, 11 on the sides of the desk body 8 to engage the bed 9 and prevent the desk body from being lifted from the supports.

My desk being thus assembled, it will be apparent that the required vertical adjustment to the height of the user may be read ily attained by raising or lowering the desk body 8 to the desired position and then locking the same by means of the tightening bolts 7 and the desired plus and minus adjustinent toward and from the user may be readily attained by sliding the desk body 8 on the slides 12, 18 and 1 1 and there is thus provided a desk which will readily accommodate itself to any desired conditions. I preferably provide a desk having a face 18 inclined at an angle which will permit the use thereof without eye strain and which contains a compartment 19 for the storage of books and the like.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a deskthe combination of support ing legs, brackets thereon, a bed carried on the brackets, a plurality of runners fixed to the bed in parallel relation to the sides thereof, a slot longitudinally of each runner, a desk body, lugs on the desk body engaging the slots in said runners and means fixed to said desk body engaging said bed to lock the lugs slideably in said slots.

2. In a desk the combination of supporting legs, brackets fixed to said legs, a bed integral with said brackets and connecting said legs, slotted runners on said bed, a desk body, lugs projecting therefrom into said slots, and angle members fixed to saiddesk body and in slideable engagement with said bed whereby the lugs are locked in said slots.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this '20 day of August, 1924.

EVERETT D. WELDON. 

